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Nils Göran Johansson
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Nils Göran Johansson is a Swedish painter whose work sits squarely in the tradition of personal narrative figurative painting. His canvases and panels carry titles that immediately signal his sensibility: "Alice in Wonderland", "Don Quixote in Dalarna", "Adam and Eve - the Fall", "The Tiger Hunt". There is a playfulness at work here, an artist who treats painting as a stage on which literary, mythological, and everyday characters can meet on equal footing.
His technical preferences are firmly rooted in acrylic, used on panel, canvas, and watercolour paper - a versatile material that suits his direct, confident handling. Works dated as recently as 2025 and 2026 confirm that Johansson remains an active painter, continuing to produce across a range of formats from intimate panel works to larger canvases stretching up to 100 cm.
The figurative subject matter is broad. Landscapes appear alongside portraits, animal motifs, still lifes, and scenes drawn from folklore and literary imagination. The boat painting "Segelbåtar" and the summer cottage "Sommarhus" show his engagement with Nordic outdoor subjects, while works like "Rymdblommor" (Space Flowers) and "The Heart of the Forest" suggest a more lyrical interior world.
Johansson's work circulates primarily through Södermanlands Auktionsverk, which accounts for the large majority of his auction appearances - 21 out of 25 recorded lots in the Auctionist database. Prices at auction have been modest, generally in the range of 300-400 SEK, placing him within the accessible end of the Swedish secondary market. His work also appears through Auctionet and smaller regional houses such as Gomér and Andersson Jönköping and Auktionsmagasinet Vänersborg, suggesting collectors across central and southern Sweden.